Mussel Fritters

Ingredients

• 2 cups self raising flour + add one teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 cup mascarpone
• I tablespoon parsley
• salt and pepper
• zest of one lemon
• juice of 1 and a half lemons
• 1 cup of pale ale
• half cup of milk
• 1 diced onion (sweated off in 1 tablespoon of butter)
• 1 kilo of steamed mussels – take out of the shell and chop half of the mussels and put the other half in a food processor to chop up finer
• 150g smoked chopped mussels
• 1 tablespoon of chopped capers
• 2 eggs
• 1 handful of chopped spring onions
• 2 tablespoons of malt vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce
• 100g grated parmesan cheese

Method

Mix all dry ingredients with all wet ingredients

Pan fry in oil – they take a while to cook. Flip them over

Finish in a hot oven.